Authorities closing antitrust investigation against Symrise

The Department of Justice of the United States of America (DoJ) has informed Symrise, a leading global supplier of fragrances and flavours, cosmetics and functional ingredients from Germany, by a letter dated February 5th, that it is closing its investigation against the company from Holzminden. No unlawful practice of Symrise has been found. Symrise welcomes the decision by the DoJ. The company has always maintained that it did not participate in any unlawful agreements with competitors in the fragrance business.

Symrise has argued strongly from the outset that it should never have been part of this investigation and that the actions taken by the authorities were not justified. The company remains committed to ethical business practices and regulatory compliance and looks forward to the similar investigations by other authorities against Symrise also being discontinued soon.